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 JOHN Q
John Q. Archibald is a man pushed to the limit when his young son becomes gravely ill and the system refuses to treat him. With time running out, John puts himself on the line to ensure that his son's life is saved...
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Directed
by Nick Cassavetes
Written by James Kearns
Denzel
Washington .... John Q. Archibald
Robert Duvall .... Grimes
Kimberly Elise .... Denise Archibald
Eddie Griffin .... Lester
Shawn Hatosy .... Mitch
Anne Heche .... Rebecca Payne
Ray Liotta .... Monroe
James Woods .... Dr. Turner
Keram Malicki-Sánchez .... Freddy
Heather Wahlquist .... Julie
Daniel E. Smith .... Mike Archibald
Troy Winbush .... Steve
Ethan Suplee .... Security Guard
Ted Demme .... Himself
Produced
by
Avram 'Butch' Kaplan .... executive producer
Dale De La Torre .... co-executive producer
Mark Burg .... producer
Oren Koules .... producer
Mathew Hart .... co-producer
Hillary Sherman .... associate producer
Original
music by Aaron Zigman
Cinematography by Rogier Stoffers
Film Editing by Dede Allen
MPAA:
Rated PG-13
for violence, language and intense thematic elements.
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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QuickTime (Various)
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Give
a father no options and you leave him no choice.
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 STUDIO
SYNOPSIS:
Academy Award winner Denzel Washington stars as John Q. Archibald,
a man pushed to the limit when his young son becomes gravely ill and
the system refuses to treat him. With time running out, John puts
himself on the line to ensure that his son's life is saved when he
takes the emergency room hostage. John Q. is a drama about the extraordinary
chance one father takes to protect his son, becoming both an unlikely
hero and a criminal in the eyes of the law. |
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STORY
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 John
Q. Archibald (Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington) is an ordinary
man who works at a factory and takes care of his family. His wife
Denise (Kimberly Elise) and young son Michael (Daniel E. Smith)
are his world. But when Michael falls seriously ill and needs an
emergency heart transplant operation that John Q. can't afford and
his health insurance won't cover, he vows to do whatever it will
take to keep his son alive. With time and options running out, a
desperate gamble becomes his only hope -- he takes the emergency
room hostage.
As
John Q. barricades himself inside the hospital along with his unwitting
group of emergency room hostages, many of them in need of medical
care themselves, he faces off with a veteran police hostage negotiator
(Robert Duvall) and a quick-tempered police chief (Ray Liotta) who
wants to bring a swift end to the stand-off.
Denzel
Washington stars in John Q., an action drama about the extraordinary
chance one father takes to protect his son, becoming both an unlikely
hero and a criminal in the eyes of the law. Directed by Nick Cassavetes
from a screenplay by James Kearns, John Q. stars Denzel Washington,
Robert Duvall, Kimberly Elise, Eddie Griffin, Shawn Hatosy, Anne
Heche, Ray Liotta, James Woods and Daniel E. Smith.
John
Q. is produced by Mark Burg and Oren Koules. Michael DeLuca,
Richard Saperstein and Avram Butch Kaplan serve as executive producers.
The distinguished behind-the-scenes team is led by cinematographer
Rogier Stoffers, editor Dede Allen and production designer Beatrix
Aruna Pasztor. Aaron Zigman composed the score.
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NOTCH WRITING!
Subject: John_Q
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002
From: claire
"people
get sick on saturdays too."
it's so true..
claire |
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